Adam's Amazing Accomplishment

HE DID IT!!!  Adam started reading/listening to the Harry Potter books at the start of the summer.  Each day Adam would have his book and read along with the audio books on CD.  Jim Dale (the man that read the audio books) was fantastic!  He created over 200 voices for the Harry Potter series and was very entertaining.

Adam enjoyed finishing each book and getting to watch the movie.  Yesterday we finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.  We have been working really hard to finish the last book so that Adam could see the movie in the theater.  Today was the final day in the IMAX so Adam and I hopped in the car as soon as we finished the book and headed to the theater.  We actually sat down right as the movie was starting, perfect timing!!  Adam jumped a few times and knew when to hide his  eyes.  

He is quite amazing, he can tell you the chapter of each scene as it comes on the screen.  He is used to talking through the movies to discuss the differences they have with the books.  Last night was hard for him to hold his comments in.  Luckily the theater wasn't very full!  

Adam is starting a book report for his class and so we will be following up Harry Potter with A to Z Mysteries The Talking T.Rex.

I am extremely proud of Adam and hope that we are building a true love of reading within him.  The whole family has enjoyed listening to the CDs off and on throughout the summer.  Hopefully we will start a new series soon.  Here are a few statistics to let you see what a truly amazing accomplishment Adam has made....

Number of Books....7

Number of Pages...4,100

Number of Chapters....199

Number of Audio CDs....99

Audio Book Time (hours/minutes) 116 hours & 10 minutes

I had an amazing time reading along with Adam this summer.  I even stated getting a book for myself so that I could read along to the CDs as well.  When we were reading this last book Adam checked out a copy of the book at school so that Dadam  could have a book too!  This truly became a family experience this summer :)  I am just thrilled that he accomplished his amazing goal.  Way to go Adam!!